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Teens Busted for Scaling and Tagging World's Fair Towers

By Katie Honan | March 20, 2015 3:35pm
 The kids were caught scaling the towers by two Parks officers on patrol, a spokeswoman said.
The kids were caught scaling the towers by two Parks officers on patrol, a spokeswoman said.
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CORONA — Two teens were busted for scaling one of the observation towers inside Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Sunday, Parks officials said. 

The duo, aged 14 and 15, were spotted scaling the 226-foot structure by two Parks Enforcement Patrol officers on patrol near the 1964 World's Fair site on March 15, said a Department of Parks and Recreation spokeswoman.

Parks advocate Geoffrey Croft said the teens tagged the walls as they made their way to the top of the towers about 3:30 p.m., according to his blog, which first reported the bust.

Police could not immediately confirm those details.

Their names were not released.

The kids were taken to the 110th Precinct, a Parks spokeswoman said.

A NYPD spokesman said he did not have further information about the incident.

It was not clear if they were charged.